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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-023517
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220215

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000058361
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NEWSPAPERS:  PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711]
		IRS NUMBER:				420823980
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0926

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06227
		FILM NUMBER:		22637086

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 E. 53RD STREET
		CITY:			DAVENPORT
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			52807
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5633832100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 E. 53RD STREET
		CITY:			DAVENPORT
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			52807

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LEE ENTERPRISES, INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050610

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LEE ENTERPRISES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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STATES</B></FONT></P>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>

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D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>

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14A</B></FONT></P>

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Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a)&nbsp;of the</B></FONT></P>

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Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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by the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check
the appropriate box:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Preliminary
                                            Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Definitive
                                            Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Additional Materials</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting
                                            Material Pursuant to &sect;240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>LEE
ENTERPRISES,&nbsp;INCORPORATED</B></FONT></P>

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of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</B></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Fee
                                            computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(1)&nbsp;and 0-11.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 98%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 3pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title
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                                            box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2)&nbsp;and
                                            identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous
                                            filing by registration statement number, or the Form&nbsp;or Schedule and the date of its
                                            filing.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4)</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Lee
Enterprises Comments on Delaware Court of Chancery Ruling In Favor of Lee and Against Alden Global Capital</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Court
Rules&nbsp;Lee Board&rsquo;s Decision  Was Reasonable and Justified</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Alden
May Not Nominate Directors to Lee&rsquo;s Board This Year</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Lee&rsquo;s
Board of Directors Continues to Urge Shareholders to Vote <U>FOR</U> its Three Highly Experienced</I></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Nominees on Lee&rsquo;s WHITE Proxy
Card</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>DAVENPORT,&nbsp;Iowa
 &ndash; February&nbsp;15, 2022 &ndash;</B> Lee Enterprises,&nbsp;Incorporated&nbsp;(NASDAQ: LEE) (&ldquo;Lee&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
today announced that the Delaware Chancery Court has upheld the decision by Lee&rsquo;s Board of Directors to reject the director nomination
notice submitted by Alden Global Capital, LLC<FONT STYLE="color: #222222; background-color: white">&nbsp;(together with its affiliates,
 &ldquo;Alden&rdquo;)</FONT>.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
the decision, the Vice Chancellor noted, among other things, that Lee&rsquo;s Board of Directors &ldquo;acted reasonably in enforcing
a validly adopted bylaw with a legitimate corporate purpose&rdquo; and that Alden &ldquo;could easily have met the bylaw&rsquo;s record
holder and&mdash;by extension&mdash;form requirements had it not delayed&rdquo; in preparing its nomination notice.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
a result of the Court&rsquo;s ruling, Alden&rsquo;s director nominations will be disregarded, and no proxies or votes in favor of its
purported nominees will be recognized or tabulated at Lee&rsquo;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March&nbsp;10.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lee&rsquo;s
Board of Directors issued the following statement:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;We
are pleased that the Delaware Court of Chancery has affirmed the importance of orderly annual shareholder meetings and confirmed the
decision by the Lee Board of Directors to reject as invalid the notice of nominations delivered by Alden. Based on the ruling of the
Vice Chancellor, Lee will not recognize Alden&rsquo;s nominations, and any proxies submitted, or votes cast, for the election of Alden&rsquo;s
director candidates will be disregarded.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;We
urge shareholders to vote <B><U>FOR</U></B> all three of Lee&rsquo;s proposed nominees &ndash; Mary E. Junck, Herbert W. Moloney and
Kevin D. Mowbray &ndash; at our Annual Meeting to support the continued execution of Lee&rsquo;s digital growth strategy.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lee
shareholders are encouraged to visit&nbsp;<U>https://investors.lee.net/2022-annual-meeting</U>&nbsp;to view Lee&rsquo;s proxy materials
and additional information regarding the 2022 Annual Meeting.</FONT></P>

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you have any questions or require any assistance in voting your shares, please contact Lee&rsquo;s proxy solicitor:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Morrow
Sodali LLC<BR>
509 Madison Avenue Suite&nbsp;1206<BR>
New York, NY 10022<BR>
Shareholders Call Toll Free: 800-662-5200<BR>
Banks, Brokers, Trustees, and Other Nominees Call Collect: 203-658-9400<BR>
Email:&nbsp;<U>LEE@investor.MorrowSodali.com</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>About
Lee Enterprises</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lee
Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers,
rapidly growing digital products and over 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 77 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee&rsquo;s
newspapers have average circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy website, including acquisitions, reach more than 47 million digital
unique visitors. Lee&rsquo;s markets include St. Louis, MO; Buffalo, NY; Omaha, NE; Richmond, VA; Lincoln, NE; Madison, WI; Davenport,&nbsp;IA;
and Tucson, AZ. Lee Common Stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol LEE. For more information about Lee, please visit <U>www.lee.net</U>.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Forward-Looking
Statements</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
information provided in this press release may include forward-looking statements relating to future events or the future financial performance
of the Company. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Words such as &ldquo;aims,&rdquo; &ldquo;anticipates,&rdquo; &ldquo;plans,&rdquo; &ldquo;expects,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;intends,&rdquo; &ldquo;will,&rdquo; &ldquo;potential,&rdquo; &ldquo;hope&rdquo; and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations of the Company and involve assumptions
that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated
in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties. Detailed information regarding factors that may cause
actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by statements in report relating to the Company may be found
in the Company&rsquo;s periodic filings with the SEC, including the factors described in the sections entitled &ldquo;Risk Factors,&rdquo;
copies of which may be obtained from the SEC&rsquo;s website at www.sec.gov. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update
forward-looking statements contained in this press release.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Contacts</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Investor
Contact<BR>
IR@lee.net<BR>
(563) 383-2100</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Media
Contact<BR>
Jamie Tully/Jenny Gore<BR>
Sard Verbinnen&nbsp;&amp; Co<BR>
Lee-SVC@sardverb.com</FONT></P>

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